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Final · January 19, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres1
Carolina Hurricanes2

Shots on goal : BUF 18 — CAR 29 · Lenovo Center

Three stars

BUFGame statsCAR

18Shots on goal29
46 %Faceoff win %54 %
0/1Power play1/2
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits23
12Blocked shots6
20Giveaways17
6Takeaways7

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF38718
CAR128929

Season seriesBUF 1 – 2 CAR

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 1 / 18 / 302 / 29 / 40 CAR →
Missed shot — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P1 01:24 · slapMissed shot — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P1 03:29 · snapMissed shot — Jalen Chatfield (CAR), P1 08:03 · tip-inMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 09:14 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 09:49 · tip-inMissed shot — Konsta Helenius (BUF), P1 11:04 · tip-inMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 11:26 · tip-inMissed shot — Jalen Chatfield (CAR), P1 16:38 · snapMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 19:27 · tip-inMissed shot — Sebastian Aho (CAR), P1 19:58 · slapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 02:06 · snapMissed shot — Sebastian Aho (CAR), P2 03:03 · wristMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 12:49 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 13:19 · backhandMissed shot — Sean Walker (CAR), P2 13:45 · wristMissed shot — Jalen Chatfield (CAR), P2 15:27 · slapMissed shot — Sean Walker (CAR), P3 03:26 · wristMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 09:37 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 10:56 · tip-inMissed shot — Jordan Martinook (CAR), P3 12:43 · snapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 13:01 · snapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 14:22 · slapMissed shot — Jordan Staal (CAR), P3 19:05 · wristShot on goal — Jackson Blake (CAR), P1 02:26 · snapShot on goal — Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR), P1 03:05 · snapShot on goal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P1 03:50 · wristShot on goal — Taylor Hall (CAR), P1 04:58 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 05:53 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 09:04 · wristShot on goal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P1 11:43 · snapShot on goal — Eric Robinson (CAR), P1 12:06 · backhandShot on goal — Jordan Martinook (CAR), P1 12:13 · wristShot on goal — Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR), P1 12:49 · tip-inShot on goal — K'Andre Miller (CAR), P1 16:00 · backhandShot on goal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P1 16:31 · snapShot on goal — Taylor Hall (CAR), P1 18:05 · wrap-aroundShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 00:45 · wristShot on goal — Jackson Blake (CAR), P2 03:22 · tip-inShot on goal — Logan Stankoven (CAR), P2 03:53 · wristShot on goal — Taylor Hall (CAR), P2 03:55 · backhandShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 08:29 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 09:30 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 11:32 · slapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 11:49 · snapShot on goal — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P2 13:01 · wristShot on goal — Jacob Bryson (BUF), P2 15:16 · tip-inShot on goal — Jordan Staal (CAR), P2 16:08 · deflectedShot on goal — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P2 16:12 · slapShot on goal — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P2 17:38 · slapShot on goal — Sean Walker (CAR), P2 18:16 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 18:37 · backhandShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 19:42 · wristShot on goal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P3 02:08 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 02:30 · wristShot on goal — Joel Nystrom (CAR), P3 04:42 · slapShot on goal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P3 07:02 · slapShot on goal — Jordan Staal (CAR), P3 07:50 · snapShot on goal — Jordan Staal (CAR), P3 07:58 · backhandShot on goal — Mark Jankowski (CAR), P3 08:03 · snapShot on goal — William Carrier (CAR), P3 08:41 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 10:07 · snapShot on goal — K'Andre Miller (CAR), P3 11:27 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 14:09 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 14:28 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 16:43 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 19:38 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 19:42 · backhandGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 01:33 · snapGoal — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P1 07:04 · tip-inGoal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P3 02:10 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

3rd period

Penalties

2nd period

  • 07:15CARAndrei Svechnikov — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 11:35CARAndrei Svechnikov — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 11:35BUFRasmus Dahlin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Andrei Svechnikov
  • 16:10BUFRasmus Dahlin — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Nikolaj Ehlers

3rd period

  • 02:03BUFOwen Power — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Logan Stankoven
  • 17:31CARAndrei Svechnikov — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
  • 17:31BUFRyan McLeod — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Sebastian Aho

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0001017:07
J. ZuckerL0100214:59
P. KrebsC0001211:04
J. QuinnR0100114:31
B. MalenstynL0000510:23
T. KozakC0000410:28
R. McLeodC0001114:44
T. ThompsonC0006122:47
N. OstlundC0000015:23
A. TuchR0000219:55
J. DoanR0000117:30
K. HeleniusC0000010:47
B. ByramD0002025:01
M. SamuelssonD0001127:33
O. PowerD0002122:07
R. DahlinD1003325:03
Z. MetsaD0000008:41
J. BrysonD0001108:00
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(L)27/2993.1 %57:50
A. Lyon0/0—00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. StaalC0003319:44
S. AhoC0200119:38
L. StankovenC0001212:37
S. JarvisR1006521:43
N. EhlersL0002018:35
W. CarrierL0001209:36
A. SvechnikovR1101417:17
J. MartinookL0001116:49
E. RobinsonL0001002:02
J. BlakeR0002016:05
T. HallL0003212:53
M. JankowskiL0001109:45
J. ChatfieldD0000022:50
K. MillerD0002021:57
A. NikishinD0003117:48
S. WalkerD0101119:16
J. NystromD0001013:08
J. SlavinD0000022:53
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
F. Andersen0/0—00:00
B. Bussi(W)17/1894.4 %59:24

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